Shaft Clamp Advise

Mattyv · 2020-10-16T05:24:05+00:00

After a lot of use my Shaft Clamp has given out. It is an older Golfsmith Model and the rubber that holds the shafts in place has lost its holding ability....

LogicalOne

If I was willing to part with mine I’d sell it to you. I only use it to replace grips and that is not often at all.

Mattyv

I think I am going to get the one Steve and Sparky have. It is the tool I use most often and something new sounds good to me. The one that gave out was well used when I got it. I am actually surprised it has lasted as long as it did.

Par4QC

Mattyv something new sounds good to me.

As Andy Taylor would say...."that's the time"! 😆

Yours is a Golfsmith, if you wondered just how old it is.

Mattyv

Par4QC

I know. It has Golfsmith on the back side of it. Too bad I cant call them for some replacement parts.😁

sdandrea1

Mattyv
My Florida unit is the Golfsmith unit Matty has. It is from early 2000's. I'm thinking 2002.

SVonhof

Par4QC SVonhof You could epoxy the metal to the metal on the clamp mechanism you have (if you wanted).

They do have those around that are magnetic, and are used for clamping in bench vises. If he would epoxy one to his clamp, he would be unable to adjust, from what I'm seeing in his pics.

I am familiar with these style clamps and have designed assemblies that use some from:
https://www.destaco.com/manual-clamps
Epoxying half of the clamp would not render it un-adjustable as the adjustment is in the screw and nut (nut locks the position in). I assume the front plate is tack welded onto the standard pivot ball or similar.

KCee

I still have one like this along with some other ones.
https://www.golfworks.com/the-golfworks-speed-clamp/p/gw0111/

Rickochet

After posting above I decided to put new rubber on my Rexomatic clamp. The rubber Rex put on it worked very well but I was using it for a non golf project and spun the rubber out of it when my drill bit hung up. I had a piece of inner tube on it and it looked like crap. So I ordered some of this from Amazon. I just put it on. Took about 5 minutes and trimmed like butter with a single edge razor blade. Very flexible and the adhesive is really sticky. It stretches well and easily made the curves in the clamp grooves. This stuff really has some grip to it. It took less than one sheet to do. I ran it across the top of the clamp blocks thinking it might help it stick better. Rex, you da man. 😜

Par4QC

I'm getting the itch to make something. This damn thread. I do have left over parts, clamps included. Also got tons of bearing blocks for spine finders, left over from when the other guy fucked me over on Ebay with design theft; I should have called the Clintons about that. I don't have access to my tablesaw and sold my router/table when I thought I wasn't going to use them any more. But, I don't want to get involved with Ebay again, as bad as they run things now.

I see you redesigned the base for your convenience. 😄 I use mine upright.

Rickochet

Par4QC I see you redesigned the base for your convenience. 😄 I use mine upright.

Yeah, I bolted a channel on the bottom and clamp it in my vise. Nice quality work on these Rex. Too bad there wasn't a market for them. Didn't your brother go through a lot of legal BS over his shaft puller? I have a JB pro puller. Didn't someone claim that the hydraulic puller was his patented design and jumped on anyone who marketed one?

Typhoon

Par4QC

Love my “No BS” spinefinder. Too bad we live in a world of adjustable hosels. I wish they were all like the Callaway hosel

Par4QC

Rickochet Too bad there wasn't a market for them.

I think there was a good market, I just didn't follow through/continue building them. Got really busy at work. Steve never had any problems from anyone, but others did, for some reason. The guy with the patent is the same one with the patent for shaft pureing. Funny thing, he never made even 1 puller for sale. I told Steve to just make the fixture, and let the buyer's provide their own bottle jack.....no infringement there.

Rickochet I bolted a channel on the bottom and clamp it in my vise.

Didn't it come with the vise attachment on the bottom? I made them so they could be used vertically or horizontally.

Rickochet

Typhoon Love my “No BS” spinefinder. Too bad we live in a world of adjustable hosels. I wish they were all like the Callaway hosel

I have an NF2 I built years ago as winter project and still use it. Shaft quality has vastly improved and I think spines are less of a performance issue than they used to be. But, you never know. I have not done any testing on any shaft the OEM's are offering. If they are nice filament wound Ok but if sheet wrapped with large spines the performance can suffer when people start tinkering with the adjustable hosels changing shaft orientation.

Oooh. Let's get a big spine or no spining argument going. We haven't had one of those in years. 😛

Rickochet

Typhoon I wish they were all like the Callaway hosel

My current gamer is a Cally GBB Epic. What is the diff with this adapter compared to the others? I also have an M2 and had a Ping G and 410.

Par4QC

Typhoon I'll put mine in the adapter, set at the loft/lie, etc. that I feel I want. Then use it a round. If it's not right, I'd just redo it, but can't recall ever needing to readjust. I've only ever fiddled with a setting once, and then put it right back.

Rickochet

Par4QC Didn't it come with the vise attachment on the bottom? I made them so they could be used vertically or horizontally.

This came with no vice attachment but it also arrived as a surprise gift from you which I very much appreciated.

Par4QC

Rickochet Ahh, I remember now. I had that one left over without any more of the material for the base, and we had been in discussions on FGI about shaft clamps. So, you got dumped on, with leftovers. 🤣

LBlack14

I've got the No BS and Steve's puller, but never got a clamp. 😔 😉

Mattyv

I think I used the bottle jack puller from Steve as the inspiration for the one I have. I got a bottle jack from Harbor Freight and had a guy weld a piece of steel with a slot to the head of the jack. I have that overhanging the side of my bench where I have a drill press clamp attached. It has never failed me.

Rickochet

What I like about my JB Pro puller is that is has a spring inside that after you clamp the club in the clamp and give the jack several pumps it compresses the spring with 500lbs of force and a bolt head below the puller fork comes out about 1/2". As you heat the head when the epoxy releases you see the bolt head go back in the puller then you can quit heating and start pumping the jack for head removal.

LBlack14

Rickochet didn't they stop him from selling those?

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